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Brett Steven #90 def. Grant Stafford #66

6-3 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 12, 1997*
Tournament	Newport
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Brett Steven
Score	6-3 5-7 6-4
Loser	Grant Stafford
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Brett Steven	Grant Stafford
Aces	9	6
Double faults	3	7
First serve %	68	55
First serve points won %	67	82
Second serve points won %	58	41
Break points saved %	78	57
Break points converted %	43	22
Service points won %	64	64
Return points won %	36	36
Total points won %	51	49

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Brett Steven	Grant Stafford
Country	NZL	RSA
Birth date	Apr 27, 1969	May 27, 1971
Age	28	26
Height	185	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	90	66
Ranking points (entering)	503	688
Elo (entering)	1,802	1,700
Career W-L	157–152	83–111
Career earnings	$2,439,714	$1,307,208

Pre-match H2H

Brett Steven 0 – 0 Grant Stafford

Path

Brett Steven's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1997	QF	Mark Woodforde	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1997	R16	Bryan Shelton	4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1997	R32	Luis Herrera	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Brett Steven's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 13, 1997	F	Sargis Sargsian	6-7(0) 6-4 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

Grant Stafford's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 12, 1997	QF	David Wheaton	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 11, 1997	R16	Luke Jensen	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 10, 1997	R32	Jeff Salzenstein	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data